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The Brave

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Sonny Bear, half Native American teen, feels like things are going really badly in his life. His mother left him with her uncle on a reservation while she went off to see her fortune in some city. He'd like to join the Army, but he is a little too young. He is a talented boxer, competing in small-town fights, but things aren't right there, either. It seems he always ends up getting treated unfairly by the hometown referees.

Finally Sonny is fed up. He decides to track down his mother in New York and get her to sign the release papers so he can join the Army and get away from his dead-end life. Things don't go as smoothly as he planned, though.

Just moments off the bus in New York, Sonny meets Stick and Doll, a couple of con artists involved in drug dealing. Even though Sonny knows they are probably no good, he can't help being attracted to Doll and wanting to help her. When he gets caught transporting drugs for Stick, he even refuses to cooperate with the police, for fear that not only Stick, but Doll as well will end up arrested.

The police officer chasing Stick has a soft spot for Sonny, though, because he used to be a boxer himself and would like to see Sonny succeed instead of falling through the cracks of the system. He intercedes on Sonny's behalf and guides him through boxing training instead of sending him to jail. But Doll still remains on Sonny's mind. Will he be able to resist going back to her and Stick?

I felt like I understood the appeal of boxing much more after reading this book. It didn't seem quite as senseless to me as it had before. I liked the character of Jake and his incorporation of Native American training into Sonny's boxing training.

I couldn't believe, though, that Sonny would be so stupid as to be blinded by Stick and Doll, who were obviously taking advantage of him. I also didn't believe that Sonny would be allowed out of custody in order to train to be a boxer.

Having read the Contender in reading class, I still had many questions at the end. Once I found the sequel,The Brave, I couldn't put it down. I would stay up late reading until I couldn't read any more. This book got me reading a lot more. Now I can't wait to read The Chief. I recommend this book to everyone. This would be a great book to read in class. It is The Contender, only better. If you read The Contender you must read this book. If you like The Contender and The Brave read The Outsiders and Rumble Fish by S.E. Hinton. I guarantee you will like them too.

Sonny Bear is a 17-year-old boxer who boxes in "smoke houses". A smoke house is a house where people bet on boxers that are "professional." His uncle, Jake, is a moscondaha Indian just like Sonny. As Sonny boxes, a farmer boy with blond hair is the first one to beat him. He the hitch-hikes to the The Deuce in New York to see his mother. When he gets there, he is met by an escaped convict from prison named stick and a 17-year-old hottie named Doll. While they are walking up and down The Deuce, an octet of cops attack Sonny and Stick then grabs his wallet and runs off with it. While Sonny is in jail, he is confronted by Sergeant Brooks, a former Harlem boxer that decided to be a cop. While Brooks is asking him questions, he finds out that Sonnt is a boxer and decides to train him to be #1 champion he possibly could be. Brooks tells him about Donatelli's Gym and the story about when he was boxing. Next, he starts training to win the Golden Gloves Award. AS he proceeds in the tournament, he is next to face Brooks' arch rival's son

This book is awesome! I am the kind of person who hates to read. I usually stop reading books whenever I can, but I couldn't put this book down. I am almost tempted to go check out the book and read it again just for the heck of it. The title is not very catchy THE BRAVE. I mean come on who wants to read a book with that kind of a title, but dont let that discourage you. This book is about a boxer named Sonny Bear who lives on a reservation near Sparta.

Sonny somehow winds up in the middle of a big crack war in New York City. Then Sonny meets Brooks and Spoon which are his key to the heavyweight title. So if you want to see if Sonny becomes the heavyweight champ you will have to go read the book for yourself.

The Brave is a story about native American boy who wants to be a boxer. He also wants to find his mother. He goes to New York to do both, but gets distracted by two hustlers. I think it was a good story, but it left a lot of things unanswered. It had too many loose ends and never said what happened to a lot of characters. A good book ties everything up. I think a lot of people would like this story. It is a good book if you like to read about boxing, native Americans, or anything else.

An amazing journey of a teen boy (Sonny Bear) struggling to be somebody. Torn between his friends; Doll and Stick, his parents, and his sport, it's up to him to decide what's best. This book will punch you, beat you into suspense. It makes you think, what would you do in the toughest situation in your life? Will Sonny overcome what faces him in Times Square? Will he grant Officer Brooks' wishes? What family will he choose? Everybody will want to know the "Sonny Bear story." "Sonny Bear is the future." This is a race "straight to the title." Anybody will love the plot. This is a great, inspiring story for all ages, though you may find yourself expecting "more" in the heart pounding moments. This is very much so, an amazing mini-novel by Robert Lipstyle. Easily one of the top five sports books in recent years, it keeps you on the edge of your seat and will always keep you wanting more. Enjoy!

The brave was a great book. it was never boring and always kept you wondering what was gonna happen next.it is about a 17 year old native american boy named sonny. he lives ina junk yard with his uncle jake.He boxes in cheap fights called smokers.He gets sick of all the native american talk from his uncle so he moves to the city where he meets stick and dolly. sonny thinks theyre friends but stick uses sonny as a crack mule. hes gets caught and questioned and strikes an officer and gets sent away to juvy. he meets a officer named Alfred Brooks who tries to help him. A gang called the x-men confront him and ask him to join them and sonny turns them down and they stabbed him. he gets out and starts training at donatelli's gym.There he meets henry who owns it. he starts boxing again and stick tells them he was a pro so he gets disqualified but then boxes as a pro. a little after that Alfred confronts stick and stick shoots him. sonny enraged hunts down stick and puts a gun to his head and almost shoots him but decides to bring him to the police and he gets arrested.i would reccomend this book becuase it is exciting and always keeps you guessing.

Robert Lipsyte delivers an ordinary tale of a Native American boxer who travels to the big city in order to pursue a more extravagant life than that which he leads in the reservation, in his story, The Brave. This story is too similar to the first to be considered amazing. Sonny encounters practically the same dilemmas that Alfred Brooks did and the only real difference is that this story follows a Native American rather than an African American. The same issues of racism are tackled and the over-all story is one heard over and over again and Lipsyte does not introduce enough of his own style and twists to make it anything more than a decent book. For the young reader, I would suggest this in that it delivers a good message, but for those seeking any kind of challenge or real entertainment, this book is not for you.

This book is superb this is better than any other book I have ever read. It is about a kid named sonny that loves to box he want to find his mother in the big city, once he is there he finds two hustlers that take his wallet then a undercover cop try's to get one but sonny nails him with a hook. So the hustlers get him a place to live then Sonny somehow winds up in the middle of a big crack war in New York City that is driving him crazy and all he wants to do is try to see his mother.

IF U DONT READ IT YOU WOULD REGET IT.

I couldn't put the book down. The Brave is so much like today it is today. I reccomend this to all young adults.